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@nimh gisten @anni @High GEORGE PALMER, OF LITTLESTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 61,352, dated January 22, 1867.

IMPROVED WASHING MACHINE.

1ro ALL WHOM rr MAY ooNonnN:

Be it known that I, GEORGE PALMER, of Iiittlestown, in the county ofAdams, in the State of Pennsylvania.) have invented new and usefulImprovements in'a Combined Washing and wringing Machine; and thefollowing is a. full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of thisspecication, in whichi Figure l represents a section through a sideelevation of the Washing machine.

Figure 3 shows an inside end View of the washing machine.

Figure 4 is a section, through a ball to be placed inside of therevolving cylinder to aid in rubbing the clothes, enlarged.

The object of my invention is to facilitate-and make easy the washing ofclothes, by increasing the power and diminishing the speedlof theoperative mechanism, and combining the processes of rubbing andcompressing, so that they can be operated alternately for cleansingclothes, thereby performing the same functions by machinery that are byhand-washing, in a much easier and more effective manner. Y

My invention consists, first, in the construction of the revolvingcylinder, with its revolving bars 'or rollers, in combination with thewashing balls, so constructed as to be revolved by the action of thewater, operating in the manner hereinafter described. y

To enable others to make and use my invention, I will describe it morefully, referring to the drawings and to the letters marked thereon.

I make my tub or suds-box, A A, octagonal or circular, and support it ata suitable height on four legs,

B B B B, set bracing, so as to make it stand firm when in use. On thebottom of each leg I place a roller, b so that they may be brought intothe position of truck rollers to .more the machine on, and turned np, soas not bear on the iioor when in use. In b oth sides of the suds-box A Ihave`sliding journal-boxes, a a, for the shaft.V

C of the revolving cylinderv washing apparatfus to run in, 'so that thecylinder-D can be raised or lowered in the box A to bring the clothesplaced in it in` contact with as much or little suds or rinsing water as`may be desired; 4the slides a @being adjusted, are secured by thethumb-screws, or their equivalents; the Washing apparatus being rotated`by a spur gear-wheel or pinion, c, on the end of the journal C, and acorresponding lgear-wheel, cl, to which the crank-handle E is securedfor operating. The Washing is performed equally well by turning thecylinder-very slowly, or by an oscillating movement, the crank notrequiring to be moved but onethird of the-distance to.revolvc thecylinder or turn it once round, so that a grown person. or a child canhave the crank-handle E `in such a position as to stand or sit, andcperate the machine easily. Thc'cylinder D D is made of Wood. The twoside wheels or disks D' D ma have me1al-bushin rs, e e, for thearbors ofthe rollers F F'to run iii, if desired. 'I'he rollers F F maybe rou-ndor oet-agonal, or bothi a portion of the cylinderfGrj being made toopen, to put in and take ont the clothes, it being hinged on one side tothe disks D and secured by hooks, g g. Ln the cylinder D, with theclothes tobe washed, are placed a number of weighted balls, I I I, theybeing constructed` with angular grooves, z'z'z'i, and with holes inthem, so that the action of the Huid will turn them in variousdirections, as they are tumbling about among the clothes when inoperation, thereby rub- .hing every place; the whole washing apparatusbeing encased by placing the covering-box H over, whichY keeps jall ofithe heat and steam in while in operation, which greatly facilitates thecleansing of the clothes, and prevents condcnsation in the room in coolweather, andmuch lessens the exposure and risk of taking cold.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-I- The washing cylinder D D, as constructedwith the revolving bars or rollers F `F, into which cylinder the clothesare placed, andsecur'ed, to be washed, with the balls I I I, constructedas shown and described, theY Washing apparatus being' arranged andcombined with the gear-wheels ol and e and the crank-handle E, operatingsubstantially in the manner herein described for the purposes speciied.

GEORGE PALMER.

Witnesses:

W. J. KETCHUM, J. B. Woonsurr.

